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Lexicon :: Strong's G1543 - hekatontarchēs

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ἑκατοντάρχης
Transliteration
hekatontarchēs (Key)
Pronunciation
hek-at-on-tar'-khace
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Variant Spellings

Sometimes spelled as ἑκατόνταρχος.

Strong’s Definitions

ἑκατοντάρχης hekatontárchēs, hek-at-on-tar'-khace; from G1540 and G757; the captain of one hundred men:—centurion.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x

The KJV translates Strong's G1543 in the following manner: centurion (21x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x
The KJV translates Strong's G1543 in the following manner: centurion (21x).

  1. an officer in the Roman army

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἑκατοντάρχης hekatontárchēs, hek-at-on-tar'-khace; from G1540 and G757; the captain of one hundred men:—centurion.
STRONGS G1543:
ἑκατοντάρχης, -ου, ὁ, (ἑκατον and ἄρχω; on the terminations ἀρχης and αρχος see the full exposition in Winers Grammar, 61 (60); cf. Buttmann, 73 (64); Bornemann, Schol. ad Luc., p. 151f; [Tdf. Proleg., p. 117; WHs Appendix, p. 156f]), a centurion: Matthew 8:13 [5 and 8 Tdf.] G L T Tr WH; [Matthew 27:54 T]; Luke 7:6 [2 (?)] T WH; [Luke 23:47 T Tr WH]; Acts 10:1, 22; Acts 21:32 L T Tr WH; [Acts 22:26 L T WH]; Acts 24:23; 27:1, 6 L T Tr WH, Acts 27:11 G L T Tr WH, Acts 27:31, 43 L T Tr WH; genitive plural T WH in Acts 23:17, 23. (Aeschylus quoted in Athen. 1, p. 11 d.; Herodotus 7, 81; Dionysius Halicarnassus, Plutarch, others). See the following word.

Related entry:
ἑκατόνταρχος -ου, ὁ, equivalent to ἑκατοντάρχης, which see: Matthew 7:5, 8 [in 5, 8, Tdf. -άρχης]; 13 Rec.; Matthew 27:54 [Tdf. -άρχης]; Luke 7:2, 6 [T WH άρχης]; Luke 23:47 [T Tr WH άρχης]; Acts 21:32 R G; Acts 22:25, 26 [L T WH -άρχης]; Acts 27:6 [R G, 11 Rec., 43 R G], also Acts 28:16 Rec.; genitive plural, Acts 23:17 and Acts 23:23 R G L Tr. (Xenophon, Cyril 5, 3, 41; Plutarch, others) [Cf. Meisterhans p. 53f]
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
7:5; 7:5; 7:8; 7:8; 7:13; 8:5; 8:8; 8:13; 27:54; 27:54
Luke
7:2; 7:2; 7:6; 7:6; 23:47; 23:47
Acts
10:1; 10:22; 21:32; 21:32; 22:25, 26; 22:26; 23:17; 23:17; 23:23; 23:23; 24:23; 27:1; 27:6; 27:6; 27:11; 27:11; 27:31; 27:43; 27:43; 28:16

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1543 matches the Greek ἑκατοντάρχης (hekatontarchēs),
which occurs 20 times in 20 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:5 - When he entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him asking for help:

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:8 - But the centurion replied, "Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof. Instead, just say the word and my servant will be healed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:13 - Then Jesus said to the centurion, "Go; just as you believed, it will be done for you." And the servant was healed at that hour.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:54

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:54 - Now when the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and what took place, they were extremely terrified and said, "Truly this one was God's Son!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:2 - A centurion there had a slave who was highly regarded, but who was sick and at the point of death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:6 - So Jesus went with them. When he was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to say to him, "Lord, do not trouble yourself, for I am not worthy to have you come under my roof.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:47

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:47 - Now when the centurion saw what had happened, he praised God and said, "Certainly this man was innocent!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:1 - Now there was a man in Caesarea named Cornelius, a centurion of what was known as the Italian Cohort.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:22

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:22 - They said, "Cornelius the centurion, a righteous and God-fearing man, well spoken of by the whole Jewish nation, was directed by a holy angel to summon you to his house and to hear a message from you."

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:32

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:32 - He immediately took soldiers and centurions and ran down to the crowd. When they saw the commanding officer and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:25 - When they had stretched him out for the lash, Paul said to the centurion standing nearby, "Is it legal for you to lash a man who is a Roman citizen without a proper trial?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:26 - When the centurion heard this, he went to the commanding officer and reported it, saying, "What are you about to do? For this man is a Roman citizen."

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:17 - Paul called one of the centurions and said, "Take this young man to the commanding officer, for he has something to report to him."

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:23 - Then he summoned two of the centurions and said, "Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea along with seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen by nine o'clock tonight,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 24:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:23 - He ordered the centurion to guard Paul, but to let him have some freedom, and not to prevent any of his friends from meeting his needs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 27:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:1 - When it was decided we would sail to Italy, they handed over Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion of the Augustan Cohort named Julius.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 27:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:6 - There the centurion found a ship from Alexandria sailing for Italy, and he put us aboard it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 27:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:11 - But the centurion was more convinced by the captain and the ship's owner than by what Paul said.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 27:31

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:31 - Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, "Unless these men stay with the ship, you cannot be saved."

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 27:43

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:43 - But the centurion, wanting to save Paul's life, prevented them from carrying out their plan. He ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land,
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